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"No Legal Shield in Drug Labeling, Justices Rule"

"No Legal Shield in Drug Labeling, Justices Rule": Adam Liptak has this article today in The New York Times. A related article is headlined "Drug Ruling Puts Devices in Spotlight." And an editorial is entitled "A Win for Injured Patients."

Today in The Washington Post, Robert Barnes reports that "Justices Rule Against Drug Company in Injury Case."

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that "Supreme Court rules patients can sue drug makers; The justices, acting in a Vermont case, reject the Bush administration's contention that drug companies should be shielded from lawsuits if their products were approved by the FDA."

Joan Biskupic and Julie Appleby of USA Today report that "Court ruling backs drug lawsuits; Woman lost arm because of injection."

In The Wall Street Journal, Jess Bravin reports that "High Court Eases Way to Liability Lawsuits." A related article reports that "Ruling Ripples Beyond Drug Firms." And an editorial is entitled "Pre-empting Drug Innovation: So much for the 'pro-business' Court."

law.com's Tony Mauro reports that "Supreme Court's Wyeth Ruling Deals a Blow to Pre-emption Defense; 6-3 decision highlights how pre-emption cases are not always decided along liberal-conservative lines."

Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle reports that "Ruling says patients can sue drugmakers."

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that "High court upholds right to sue drugmakers."

The Associated Press reports that "Victory bittersweet for drug liability case victim."

Yesterday evening's broadcast of the PBS program "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer" contained a segment entitled "Supreme Court Allows Lawsuits against Pharmaceutical Companies to Move Forward" (transcript with links to audio and video) featuring Marcia Coyle.

And yesterday evening's broadcast of NPR's "All Things Considered" contained an audio segment entiteld "Court Rules For Musician In Drug Case" (RealPlayer required) featuring Nina Totenberg.

Full post as published by How Appealing on March 05, 2009 (boomark / email).